RATHBUN, George Oscar, a Representative from New York;
born in Scipioville, near Auburn, N.Y., in 1803;
attended the Auburn schools and was graduated from Hamilton College;
studied law;
was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Auburn;
member of the State assembly;
elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847);
chairman, Committee on Revolutionary Pensions (Twenty-eighth Congress), Committee on the Judiciary (Twenty-ninth Congress);
resumed the practice of his profession;
died in Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y., January 5, 1870;
interment in Fort Hill Cemetery.